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French Cardinal: 'Pope refused my offer to resign'

Philippe Barbarin, the French cardinal convicted of failing to report sexual abuse charges, has said that Pope Francis had turned down his offer to resign.

World • 19 Mar 19

Assistant Commissioner John O' Driscoll said 'hundreds' of extra cases would be dealt with this year

Accessing child abuse images a major problem - Gardaí

Gardaí say there is a major problem in Ireland with people accessing child abuse images online.

News • 26 Apr 18

Today's report was a voluntary audit of 135 orders, congregations and missionary societies

'Significant' church child safeguarding weaknesses

Five Catholic religious orders have been criticised by a Tusla audit for their "significant (child) safeguarding weaknesses".

Ireland • 20 Feb 18

Malcolm Turnbull said the inquiry had 'exposed a national tragedy'

Institutional abuse in Australia a 'national tragedy'

Australian institutions "seriously failed" children in their care over decades with tens of thousands sexually abused, the final report from a five-year inquiry has said, calling it a "national tragedy".

World • 15 Dec 17

Europol has uploaded images from active unsolved cases involving minors

Europol webpage to help identify child abuse victims

Europe's police agency has launched a webpage showing objects in child sex abuse images to try and find the perpetrators and victims.

Europe • 01 Jun 17

Suspected cases of child sexual abuse material increased by 4%

35% rise in reports of illegal online content

The national reporting service for suspected illegal content on the internet has dealt with the second largest number of reports in a single year since its establishment 17 years ago.

News • 28 Jun 16

Two detectives travelled to Alicante last year and interviewed the man

IRA figure faces extradition over abuse claims

A senior figure in the IRA has appeared in court in Spain on foot of an extradition request by the Irish authorities in connection with alleged child abuse.

News • 25 Feb 16

Maeve Lewis was commenting on yesterday's HIQA report into the referral of child abuse cases

Report shows lack of action on child abuse cases

Survivors' support group One in Four has said Tusla's investigations into entirely credible allegations of child sexual abuse throughout the State regularly conclude with no action being taken.

News • 05 Feb 16

The Global Alliance Against Online Child Sexual Abuse met today

Global efforts to fight online child abuse

Ireland has adopted an international declaration aimed at providing greater global cooperation in the fight against online child abuse.

News • 30 Sep 14

Vatican to set up committee on child sex abuse

The Vatican is to set up a special committee to improve measures to protect children against sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

News • 05 Dec 13

Fiona Neary said it is 'particularly distressing' that survivors wait so long to report abuse

Survey shows victims wait years to report abuse

A new report from the Rape Crisis Network has found that survivors of child sexual abuse who contacted the organisation last year had waited an average of 25 years to report the abuse.

News • 06 Nov 12

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